<p>Essentially, there are two parts of the program. </p>
<p>National Match: Students rank up to 8 schools, in the order they’d like to attend them. QB ‘matches’ you with the first school that accepts you from your list. With the exception of 5 schools, this decision is binding. So if you rank Upenn, for example, and you’re matched, it’s the equivalent of getting in ED. Not everyone who ranks schools is matched, and they’re encouraged to apply though regular decision. </p>
<p>Regular Decision: You ask QB to forward you application to their partner colleges, in addition to some colleges requiring the common application and a supplement as well. You hear back directly from each school. </p>
<p>Here is a perfect visual representation. </p>
<p>[QuestBridge</a> National College Match - Flowchart](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/flowchart.html]QuestBridge”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/flowchart.html) </p>
<p>I should point out that being a QB student doesn’t get you a scholarship, but rather the opportunity to get money from colleges. Through national match, each partner university has agreed to pay 100% of the costs, which is why so few students are chosen (in addition to other reasons, which are the same for all early applicants). Many of those admitted have 0 EFC, which means they would get a full ride RD if admitted anyway (at the Ivies anyway).
In regular decision, colleges are generous with financial aid, but they decide how much aid they want to give. </p>
<p>On another note…</p>
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<p>Kind of surprising, I thought it would be slightly higher.
Source: [QuestBridge</a> applications up | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/mar/03/questbridge-applications-up/]QuestBridge”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/mar/03/questbridge-applications-up/)</p>